my brother has a splinter in his eye, and we dont know how to get it out
HOW?
2007-07-29 12:59:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Optical
we dont know if its a splinter, but its something poking in it, a little round thing that is pushing in his eye
2007-07-29 13:03:26 · update #1
its been in there for 2 days
2007-07-29 13:03:58 · update #2
how do the eye drs. remove it
2007-07-29 13:04:29 · update #3
its in the colored part of his eye, the brown part
2007-07-29 13:08:32 · update #4
Don't do it.
The pupil of the eye is the hole that the light enters the eye.
If the splinter is inside the eye itself then only surgery will pull it out. It also means that the lens covering the pupil, the cornea, was punctured and will have to be replaced.
Are you sure the splinter is not in the iris or some other area of the eye? My recommendations are to cover the eye with a bandage, to blind it, and seek professional help ASAP (as soon as possible).
It is too easy to damage the cornea if the splinter is near it and I don't think it can repair itself. If it is elsewhere in the eye the how do you stop it from bleeding when the splinter is removed? If you can't control the bleeding then his eye will be useless until it heals and you will have to apply direct pressure to the wound itself to stop the bleeding.
Eye drops or tears could flood the area to try and float the item out, but if it is stuck or has slipped under the Correna then only an eye doctor can remove it safely.
2007-07-29 13:06:57 · answer #1 · answered by Dan S 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-09-29 07:28:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope that you have been to the ER...because any time there is ANYTHING that has poked into the eye...regardless of the pupil, cornea, iris...the eye is opened up to infection.
DO NOT TRY TO REMOVE THIS YOURSELF! You can cause more harm than good. The ER staff will most likely call in an ophthalmologist for evaluation for surgery depending on what the ophthalmologist sees, how far the splinter is (or any other foreign body), the extent of the opening into the eye.
Any time anything gets lodged into the eye, depending on the depth, this can be considered an open globe, necessitating surgery to remove the object and close the eyeball...also necessitating antibiotics, antivirals, sometimes other medications for postoperative care. This is serious, as some foreign bodies in the eyes, depending on where they are, how deep, etc...can cause serious vision loss, eye damage, and I have seen on occasion...total loss of light vision in the injured eye.
I'm only answering this probably after your visit to the ER for future question askers.
2007-07-30 05:44:51 · answer #3 · answered by Jennifer 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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my brother has a splinter in his eye, and we dont know how to get it out
HOW?
2015-08-20 19:33:50 · answer #4 · answered by Sigismundo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GET HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM RIGHT NOW!
If he truly has a splinter in his pupil, every second you delay will bring him closer to losing sight in that eye, permanently.
Call for an ambulance, and let a doctor take care of this!
ADDENDUM: GET OFFLINE! And bring the kid to the hospital NOW!!
2007-07-29 13:02:59 · answer #5 · answered by Boots McGraw 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I suggest taking him to the emergency room at your local hospital and have the doctors remove it instead of trying to do it yourself. However, your question begs another: How did the splinter get into his eye in the first place?
2007-07-29 13:10:18 · answer #6 · answered by cyberjar88 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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I can't say about cross-eyed, but I had a teacher with a lazy eye once, and she had the entire class under control at all times. You never knew where she was looking because one eye would be looking at one half of the class and the other eye would be looking at the other half. I'm not trying to be funny, either. So you never knew if she was really watching you or not.
2016-03-27 09:47:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is serious, other splinters in the skin can be pulled out easily at home. The eye is precious and very sensitive to damage. Please take him to the emergency room or your general practitioner. You would be more like to damage the eye in attempting to remove the splinter. Please leave this one to the professionals.
2007-07-29 13:03:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
My goodness -- get to the Emergency Room!
2007-07-29 13:01:54 · answer #9 · answered by Vera C 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
if its the colored part, than its the iris not the pupil, and i agree with everyone else. EMERGENCY!!!!!!!
2007-07-29 15:21:59 · answer #10 · answered by miss smiles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋